Environmental Geology and Geohydrology, B.S.

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The Environmental Geology and Geohydrology (EGGH) degree is designed for those students who intend to become professionals in environmental fields such as consulting, site assessment, hazard assessment, and remediation. The degree will prepare students for graduate school in environmental disciplines and for entry-level jobs.

Required Courses

One of the Following:

GEOL 1005 - Earth History Credits: 4
GEOL 1100 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
GEOL 1200 - Historical Geology Credits: 4
GEOL 1500 - Water, Dirt, and Earth’s Environment Credits: 4
GEOL 1600 - Global Sustainability: Managing Earth’s Resources Credits: 4

And Each of the Following:

GEOL 2000 - Geochemical Cycles and the Earth System Credits: 4
GEOL 2010 - Mineralogy Credits: 3
GEOL 2080 - General Field Geology Credits: 3
GEOL 2100 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation Credits: 4
GEOL 4444 - Geohydrology Credits: 4
GEOL 4490 - Geochemistry Credits: 4
GEOL 4777 - Geochemistry of Natural Waters Credits: 3
GEOL 4880 - Earth Surface Processes Credits: 3
GEOL 4820 - Capstone Credits: 3

Required Allied Math and Science Courses

CHEM 1020 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 1030 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
PHYS 1110 - General Physics I Credits: 4
OR
PHYS 1210 - Engineering Physics I Credits: 4
MATH 2200 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 2205 - Calculus II Credits: 4

One of the Following:

LIFE 1010 - General Biology Credits: 4
STAT 2050 - Fundamentals of Statistics Credits: 4
MATH 2210 - Calculus III Credits: 4
PHYS 1120 - General Physics II Credits: 4
PHYS 1220 - Engineering Physics II Credits: 4

Additional Electives

Additional 18 credit hours of Electives, in consultation with advisor

GEOL 2005 - Intro to Geophysics Credits: 4
OR
GEOL 3005 - Principles of Geophysics Credits: 4
GEOL 2020 - Introduction to Petrology Credits: 2
GEOL 2070 - Introduction to Oceanography Credits: 4
GEOL 4610 - Structural Geology and Tectonics Credits: 4
GEOL 3400 - Geologic Hazards: A Historical and Scientific Review Credits: 4
GEOL 3500 - Global Change: A Geological Perspective Credits: 4
GEOL 3600 - Earth and Mineral Resources Credits: 4
GEOL 3650 - Energy for Society: Addressing the Energy Grand Challenge Credits: 4
GEOL 4001 - Modeling the Earth System Credits: 4
GEOL 4113 - Geological Remote Sensing Credits: 4
GEOL 4525 - Environmental Data Analysis Credits: 4
GEOL 4888 - Glaciology Credits: 3

Note:

Students are encouraged, in consultation with their adviser, to design a major that best fits their interests and goals. With this in mind, there are many courses outside the Department of Geology and Geophysics that may be substituted for courses in the Electives (B) list above provided that such substitutions are made with the consent of an adviser. A list of such courses may be obtained from the Department. Students who seek the Geology BS may not also seek EGGH as a double major, and vice versa.